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David Duchovny
The former X-Files star David Duchovny decided to voluntarily sign up for rehabilitation for his sex addiction in 2008. In a strange case of life imitating art, Duchovny made his confession while he was enjoying a career resurgence in the drama series Californication, in which he played a sex addict. Reuters

As the new, controversial movie Shame is set to debut, we take a look at celebrities who have struggled with their libidos.

In the new film, due for release in Britain on Friday, 13 January, actor Michael Fassbender plays a man struggling with the fallout from his sex addiction, a disorder that has often been viewed as little more than an excuse used by celebrities to indulge in adultery.

The International Business Times UK takes a look at some celebrities who have spent a little too much time between the sheets.